Torbjorn Bergstromhttp://torbjornbergstrom.com
I love dancing to the songs they play at the mall and jumping in muddy puddles with my girls.Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:38:17 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8“Time to go to school.” | “But daddy I don’t feel good.” | work from home todayhttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/09/time-to-go-to-school-but-daddy-i-dont-feel-good-work-from-home-today/
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In his book “Ready Fire Aim” Michael Masterson tells us the best job is the one that gives you the 4 Ws. The one that lets you work:

why you want

when you want,

where you want , and

with whom you want

I may not be all of the way there every day but I’m working on it!

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We all say things we don’t mean to sometimes. It might be something that embarasses us, a fruedean slip, let’s say. It may be something that embarasses the person we are talking to and it may be something hurtful. When we do, we need to decide how to deal with it. Do we ignore it and hope it goes away, do we apologise, It really depends on who we are and who we are talking to I suppose.

One important thing that I do know is that we can avoid the problem by training ourselves to pause and think the thought through before the words come out. This training can take a long time especially if you’ve been running without a filter for a long time but it is likely to make your life and the lives of those around you happier…

]]>http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/did-i-just-say-that-did-i-proclaim-it-out-loud-well-shit-no-filter/feed/0Snow, wind, snow, and wind | then wind, snow, snow, wind, and snow | that’s a nor’easterhttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/snow-wind-snow-and-wind-then-wind-snow-snow-wind-and-snow-thats-a-noreaster/
http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/snow-wind-snow-and-wind-then-wind-snow-snow-wind-and-snow-thats-a-noreaster/#respondWed, 07 Mar 2018 20:22:52 +0000http://torbjornbergstrom.com/?p=807They say in New England, that if you don’t like the weather, you should wait a minute. That was the thought that first came to mind on that warm sunny spring day (yesterday) and my phone beeped and and the message anounced that public schools would be closed today.

We are only expecting a foot or so, I don’t see what the big deal is. When I was a kid … up hill both ways!

Today’s haiku was inspired by Ray Dalio’s book “Principles” I listened to the book over the weekend and this week I’ve been studying it and determining how to use the lessons Ray is sharing with us in the book. On of the lessons that is important for all of us to remember that if you just read the book ,any book, and then don’t take lessons from it and apply them then whether it was fiction or non fiction the book was simply entertainment…

This morning on the way to work I listened to an interview Tony Robbins did with Ray when the book was released, and Ray talked about his methods for developing the Principles in the book. He said that whenever he made a decision he would write down his rational, his criteria for making the decision. This way decisions that turned out good could be repeated when the circumstances repeated.

You can find the interview below:

]]>http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/gotta-write-it-down-or-else-youll-never-repeat-create-principles/feed/0oopsie you screwed up | time to get your as in gear | don’t forget to smilehttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/oopsie-you-screwed-up-time-to-get-your-as-in-gear-dont-forget-to-smile/
http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/oopsie-you-screwed-up-time-to-get-your-as-in-gear-dont-forget-to-smile/#respondMon, 05 Mar 2018 15:53:23 +0000http://torbjornbergstrom.com/?p=800Winston Churchill once said that “Success is moving from failure to failure with enthusiasm.” I’ve found that if I force myself to smile it helps me maintain enthusiasm. I know that we’ve all failed a time or two. It’s likely that the most successful people you’ve ever met have had larger failures than you can imagine.
If your failures are keeping you up at night then make sure that you are spending the time figuring out what to do next!
]]>http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/oopsie-you-screwed-up-time-to-get-your-as-in-gear-dont-forget-to-smile/feed/0It is not a rule | not if it’s not enforced | it’s more of a jokehttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/it-is-not-a-rule-not-if-its-not-enforced-its-more-of-a-joke/
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]]>http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/it-is-not-a-rule-not-if-its-not-enforced-its-more-of-a-joke/feed/0thought I was wrong once | turns out I was mistaken | I’m wrong every dayhttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/thought-i-was-wrong-once-turns-out-i-was-mistaken-im-wrong-every-day/
http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/thought-i-was-wrong-once-turns-out-i-was-mistaken-im-wrong-every-day/#respondThu, 01 Mar 2018 12:23:36 +0000http://torbjornbergstrom.com/?p=793Have you ever watched a cat try to cover up on a hardwood floor after it missed the litter box? Have you ever felt the sensation of physical pain when you realized you would need to admit a mistake? Have you ever learned a lesson from a mistake that made your life better?

All mistakes can be opportunities to grow and learn, but we almost always have to admit our mistakes and talk about them to benefit from those opportunities. One of the best habits we can form in life is the ability to speak openly about our own, and other people’s mistakes, not by passing judgement though, but by finding the lessons.

]]>http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/03/thought-i-was-wrong-once-turns-out-i-was-mistaken-im-wrong-every-day/feed/0deadlines come up fast | then we really get to work | eighty twenty rulehttp://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/02/deadlines-come-up-fast-then-we-really-get-to-work-eighty-twenty-rule/
http://torbjornbergstrom.com/2018/02/deadlines-come-up-fast-then-we-really-get-to-work-eighty-twenty-rule/#respondWed, 28 Feb 2018 12:22:01 +0000http://torbjornbergstrom.com/?p=790I’ve talked about the 80/20 rule before. And, we all know that as our deadlines approach we tend to get more motivated to do the work that needs to be done.

Today’s haiku is really a reminder to myself that I’ve got some important deadlines coming up and I really need to get my ass in gear and get some work done. And with that said, I’m going to get to work!